{"id":11546,"date":"2025-12-10T23:25:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T23:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=11546"},"modified":"2026-01-26T09:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:33:44","slug":"the-joy-of-the-groom-and-bride","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-joy-of-the-groom-and-bride\/","title":{"rendered":"238. The Joy of the Groom and Bride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We have gathered here to partake in the joy of the groom. A person must delight the groom, as our sages said, \u201cHe who enjoys a groom\u2019s meal and does not delight him\u2026\u201d (<em>Berachot<\/em>&nbsp;6b).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Seven Blessings [said at a wedding], we say, \u201cWho delights a groom with the bride.\u201d If the Creator delights the groom and the bride, we must also partake in the joy and delight the groom and the bride. Our sages said, \u201cHe who enjoys a groom\u2019s meal and does not delight him,\u201d meaning that they decreed to delight the groom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About the bride, we say, \u201cHow does one dance before the bride? A beautiful and graceful bride\u201d (<em>Ketubot<\/em>&nbsp;16b).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We should understand why specifically dancing pertains to the bride, and in general, what is a dance. We see that in a dance, there are ups and downs and turns to the four corners of the world, but in the end, we remain standing on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The groom implies the Creator, as it is written, \u201cOn the day of his espousal and on the day of the merriment of his heart,\u201d and as it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord descended on the mount\u201d which is a descent in degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bride is called \u201cthe assembly of Israel.\u201d During the wedding, which is an indication of the upper root, we should know that even if all four corners of the world want to push the whole of Israel, and even after all the descents, they will remain standing in their place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why we say, \u201cA beautiful and graceful bride,\u201d since she remains in a state of beauty and not in a state of lowliness. We do not say as it is written, that now she is in exile, and we evoke the joy that will be at the end of correction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The joy from the dance is like a sad tune that people enjoy. The tune depicts a collection of sufferings that have already passed, but now we enjoy the benefits we gained from the suffering. Likewise, the dance contains joy that after all the ups and downs they went through, they nonetheless remained standing firm in their place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have gathered here in order to delight the groom and the bride, as it is written in the Seven Blessings, \u201cBlessed are You, Lord, who delights a groom and a bride.\u201d If we find that the Creator delights the groom and the bride, then we, too, must partake in this joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerning the groom, we find \u201cHe who enjoys a groom\u2019s meal and does not delight him,\u201d meaning he should delight the groom, but they did not say with what. Concerning the bride, we find, \u201cOur sages said, \u2018How does one dance before the bride?\u2019\u201d and also to say, \u201cA beautiful and graceful bride,\u201d like the House of Hillel, and not \u201cA bride as she is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing is that a groom is the Creator, from the words \u201cdescended in degree,\u201d as it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord descended on the mount.\u201d A bride is regarded as \u201cthe whole of Israel.\u201d From the perspective of the Creator, there is no change at all, as it is written, \u201cI the Lord do not change.\u201d All the changes come only from the receivers. 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